Tascam DP-01FX-CD, D00871320A User Manual
DP-01
DP-01FX
D00871320A
DP-01FX/CD
OWNER’S MANUAL
Important Safety Precautions
Declaration of Conformity
Model Number : DP-01FX/CD
Trade Name : TASCAM
Responsible party : TEAC AMERIA,INC.
Address : 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebelllo,
California, U.S.A.
Telephone number : 1-323-726-0303
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions : (1) This
device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This
device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
TO THE USER
This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual may cause harmful
interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this
equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on,
the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following
measures:
CAUTION
Changes or modifications to this equipment not
expressly approved by TEAC CORPORATION for
compliance could void the user’s authority to
operate this equipment.
For U.S.A
a) Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
b) Increase the separation between the
equipment and receiver.
c) Connect the equipment into an outlet on a
circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
d) Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/
TV technician for help.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the
user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that
may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence
of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.
This appliance has a serial number
located on the rear panel. Please record
the model number and serial number
and retain them for your records.
Model number:__________________
Serial number: __________________
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CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER
SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK
HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS
APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.
Important Safety Instructions
1 Read these instructions.
2 Keep these instructions.
3 Heed all warnings.
4 Follow all instructions.
5 Do not use this apparatus near water.
6 Clean only with dry cloth.
7 Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in
accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
8 Do not install near any heat sources such as radi-
ators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus
(including amplifiers) that produce heat.
9
Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or
grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades
with one wider than the other. Grounding type plug has
two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide
blade or the third prong are pr ovi ded for yo ur safet y. If
the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult
an electrician for replacem ent of the obsolete outlet.
10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or
pinched, particularly at plugs, convenience
receptacles, and the point where they exit from
the apparatus.
11 Only use attachments/accessories specified by
the manufacturer.
12 Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or
table specified by the manufacturer or sold with
the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution
when moving the cart/apparatus combination to
avoid injury from tip-over.
13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or
when unused for long periods of time.
14 Refer all service to qualified service personnel.
Servicing is required when the apparatus has
been damaged in any way, such as power-supply
cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled
or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the
apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture,
does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
• Do not expose this apparatus to drips or splashes.
• Do not place any objects filled with liquids, such
as vases, on the apparatus.
• Do not install this apparatus in a confined space
such as a book case or similar unit.
• The apparatus draws nominal non-operating
power from the AC outlet with its POWER
switch in the off position.
• The apparatus should be located close enough to
the AC outlet so that you can easily grasp the
power cord plug at any time.
• An apparatus with Class I construction shall be
connected to an AC outlet with a protective
grounding connection.
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Safety Information
This product has been designed and manufactured
according to FDA regulations "title 21, CFR, chapter
1, subchapter J, based on the Radiation Control for
Health and Safety Act of 1968", and is classified as a
class 1 laser product. There is no hazardous invisible
laser radiation during operation because invisible
laser radiation emitted inside of this product is
completely confined in the protective housings.
The label required in this regulation is shown (1).
(1) For U.S.A
CAUTION
• DO NOT REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE
HOUSING USING A SCREWDRIVER.
• USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS
OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES
OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN
MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION
EXPOSURE.
• IF YOU DETECT PROBLEMS WITH THIS
UNIT, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL, AND DO NOT
USE THE PRODUCT IN ITS DAMAGED
STATE.
Optical pickup:
Type: SF-W37
Manufacturer:Sanyo Electric Co,Ltd.
Laser output (on the objective lens):
Read Power; Less than 1.5mW (play)
Write Power; Less than 74mW (record)
Wavelength:778 - 786nm
4 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual
1 : Starting out with your DP-01
Getting started
This manual ........................................................................................................................9
Copyright ..........................................................................................................................10
DP-01 Line-up ...................................................................................................................10
What’s in the box ..............................................................................................................10
About the power adaptor ...................................................... .............................................................10
Startup & shutdown
Starting up the DP-01 .......................................................................................................11
Shutting down the DP-01 .................................................................................................12
The ACCESS light ............................................................................................................12
How to play back demo songs ........................................................................................12
Navigation
The SHIFT key ...................................................................................................................15
Titling .................................................................................................................................15
Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment
The INPUT MODE switch ........................... .........................................................................................18
Managing your songs
Creating a new song ........................................................................................................20
Storing songs ...................................................................................................................................... 20
Loading a saved song ................................................ ........................ ....................... ......................... 21
Erasing a song ................................................................ ....................................................................21
Erasing many songs at one time .......................................................................................................22
Song information ..............................................................................................................22
Additional song operations ...............................................................................................................22
Assigning inputs
Recording
More advanced features ..................................................................................................25
Using marks to locate positions ........................................................................................................25
Punch recording .................................................................................................................................25
Bouncing .............................................................................................................................................25
Track editing ............... ......................................................................................................................... 25
Undoing operations .............................................. ............................................ ..................................25
Mixdown and mastering
Mastering .................... ................................ ................................ .........................................................27
Contents
2 : Advanced techniques
Location
Direct location ..................................................................................................................28
Location marks .................................................................................................................28
IN and OUT marks ............................................................................................................29
Using the meters
EQ settings
Punching
Rehearsal ..........................................................................................................................32
Punch recording ...............................................................................................................33
Pre-roll and post-roll times ..............................................................................................33
Bouncing
Repeat
Setting the repeat interval ...............................................................................................35
Working in bars & beats
Tempo setting ...................................................................................................................36
Selecting the time mode ..................................................................................................36
Metronome ........................................................................................................................37
Working with MIDI ............................................................................................................38
MIDI Clock, etc. .................................................................................................................38
MIDI timecode ...................................................................................................................39
Disk management
Selecting the active partition ..........................................................................................40
Formatting a disk .............................................................................................................40
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Contents
Formatting a partition (Reform) ...................................................................................... 41
Formatting the FAT partition .......................................................................................... 41
Automatic song creation ................................................................................................. 41
Advanced song management
Copying songs ................................................................................................................. 42
Deleting unused data ...................................................................................................... 42
Protecting a song ............................................................................................................ 43
Using the USB connection
System requirements ..........................................................................................................................44
“Open” and “Close” ........................................................................................................ 45
Backing up and restoring songs .................................................................................... 45
Backing up ...........................................................................................................................................45
Restoring a song .................................................................................................................................46
Importing and exporting tracks ...................................................................................... 47
Importing a track .................................................................................................................................47
Exporting tracks ................ ..................................................................................................................47
Exporting the mastered stereo tracks ...............................................................................................49
About track editing
IN, OUT and TO ................................................................................................................ 50
Using edit mode ..................................................................................................................................50
Track editing functions ................................................................................................... 51
COPY -> PASTE ...... .............................................................................................................................51
COPY -> INSERT .................... ..............................................................................................................51
MOVE -> PASTE ..... .................................................................... .........................................................52
MOVE -> INSERT ................................................. ................................................................................52
OPEN ....................... ........................................ ......................................... ............................................53
CUT ...................... ......................... .......................... ........................... ...................................................53
SILENCE .................... ......... ........ ........... ........ ......... ........ ........... ........ ......... .......... ................................53
CLONE TRACK ....................................................................................................................................54
CLEAN OUT .........................................................................................................................................54
Undoing operations ......................................................................................................... 54
Troubleshooting
Messages .......................................................................................................................... 57
Specifications
Analog specifications ............................................... ....................... ........................ ...........................59
Digital specifications .......... ....................... ........................ ....................... ..........................................59
Audio performance .............................................................................................................................59
Physical characteristics .....................................................................................................................60
Dimensional drawings ........................................................................................................................60
Block diagram ................................................ .....................................................................................61
3 : DP-01FX Appendix
Balanced XLR inputs
Phantom power ...................................................................................................................................62
Input level controls .............................................................................................................................62
Tuning a guitar
Noise reduction ....................... ............................................................................................................63
Multi-effect
Assigning the effect ............................................................................................................................64
Selecting the effect type ................................................................................... ..................................64
Selecting the effect .............................................................................................................................64
Setting the parameter .................................... ........................ ....................... ......................................64
Setting the effect volume ...................................................................................................................65
Available multi-effect settings ........................................................................... ................................65
Reverb
Turning the reverb on and off ............................................................................................................68
Using the reverb ..................................................................................................................................68
Setting the reverb type ............... ........................................................................................................68
Setting the reverb time ............... ........................................................................................................68
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4 : DP-01FX/CD Appendix
About CD-R and CD-RW discs
Handling of compact discs ..............................................................................................69
Media Compatibility Table
Opening/Closing CDs ......................................................................................................71
Audio CD Menu
Playing back audio CDs ...................................................................................................71
Making an audio CD .........................................................................................................72
Writing by Disk At Once ..................................................................................................................... 72
Writing by Track at Once ............................................................................................... ..................... 74
Finalizing CDs ...................................................................................................................75
Erasing Audio CDs ...........................................................................................................75
Data CD Menu
Importing and exporting tracks ......................................................................................76
Importing from a CD .........................................................................................................76
Exporting to CDs ..............................................................................................................77
Backing up and restoring songs ....................................................................................78
Backing up songs to a CD ...............................................................................................78
Restoring songs from a CD .............................................................................................79
Erasing data CDs ..............................................................................................................80
CD-related Error Messages .............................................................................................81
Messages
Contents
5 : Commonly-used functions
How do I..? ..........................................................................................................................85
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Table of Figures
Figure 1.1: Power connections to the DP-01 ..........................................................11
Figure 1.2: SHUT DOWN and ACCESS ...................................................................12
Figure 1.3: Menu controls ........................................................................................14
Figure 1.4: Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment ........................................16
Figure 1.5: DP-01FX front panel ...............................................................................17
Figure 1.6: Rear panel connections ........................................................................18
Figure 1.7: Assigning inputs to tracks ....................................................................23
Figure 1.8: Recording tracks ................................. ... .......................................... ... ...24
Figure 2.1: The DP-01 meters ...................................................................................30
Figure 2.2: Bouncing tracks .....................................................................................34
Figure 2.3: Disconnecting the DP-01 .......................................................................44
Figure 2.4: Copy and paste ......................................................................................51
Figure 2.5: Copy and insert ......................................................................................51
Figure 2.6: Move and paste ......... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ...52
Figure 2.7: Move and insert ................................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ...52
Figure 2.8: Opening a gap . ... .......................................... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ...53
Figure 2.9: Cutting material ......................................................................................53
Figure 2.10: Inserting silence ...................................................................................53
Figure 2.11: Cloning tracks ......................................... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ...54
Figure 2.12: Cleaning out a track .............................................................................54
Figure 2.13: Dimensions of the DP-01FX/CD ....................................... ... ....... ... ... ...60
Figure 2.14: Dimensions of the DP-01FX/CD ....................................... ... ....... ... ... ...60
Figure 2.15: Block diagram ......................................................................................61
Figure 3.1: Effect controls ..................................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ...64
8 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual
1 : Starting out with your DP-01
Getting started
Read this section first. It contains important basic information about using
your DP01 effectively, and will help you create exciting original musical
projects. When you have read this section (“Starting out with your DP01”
on page 9), you will be able to find your way around the DP01, and to
make and play back recordings.
Congratulations on your purchase of the TASCAM DP01. This 8track
digital hard disk recorder is designed to provide you with great sound in an
easytouse compact package, allowing you to concentrate on the music,
and not on the recording process.
The DP01 contains a large hard disk, allowing you to record many hours
of music, up to two tracks at a time, to a maximum of eight tracks, and then
mix them down to a pair of mastered stereo tracks using the builtin mixing
facilities.
The stereo mix can then be played back into a suitablyequipped CD
recorder, etc., or into a computer’s audio inputs for distribution over the
Internet, etc. or transferred using a fast USB 2.0 connection to a personal
computer.
In addition, individual tracks can be imported and exported between your
DP01 and a personal computer, and songs can be archived, backed up and
restored using a PC.
This manual
Whether or not you have had experience in multitrack recording, you
should read this manual in order to understand how to get the best
out of the DP-01. This first section gives you an idea of the basic
operations of the DP-01 and will get you started with recording. Further features are described in “Advanced techniques” on page 28
Note that when we refer to features of the DP01 such as keys and connec
tors, we display them like this:
RETURN L and R.
We refer to features of other equipment like this: AUX IN.
When we show messages, etc., that appear on the screen, we show them
like this:
In Punch Mode.
Take special note of the extra information provided at the side of the main
text, especially the WARNING messages.
This manual cannot begin to be a full guide to multitrack recording tech
niques. However, if you visit the TASCAM Web site, you can download
various documents on recording which may be of interest to you.
Troubleshooting The DP01 was designed to be easy to use, but some
times you may need a little help. See the section “Troubleshooting” on
page 56 for a list of questions you may have, and answers to help you.
There’s also a list of messages that may pop up, with an explanation of their
meaning, and suggestions on what do to (see “Messages” on page 57).
We give hints and
tips on using the
DP-01 when you see this icon.
Warnings should be
taken very seriously .
They describe situations which can
cause injury, or damage to the
equipment if you don’t follow the
instructions.
A note at the side of
the main text provides additional explanations for
special situations.
A caution shows
that you may lose
data (your recordings) if you don’t
follow the instructions.
Getting started
How to do it? At the back of this manual, there’s a section called
“Commonlyused functions” on page 85. Refer to this section when you
want to know how to perform a particular operation.
TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 9
Getting started
Copyright
Windows, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
Macintosh, MacOS, and MacOS X are trademarks of Apple Computer.
DP-01 Line-up
There are three models of the DP01: the DP01, DP01FX, and DP01FX/
CD. The DP01FX is equipped with phantompowered XLR input jacks
and internal effect processors. The DP01FX/CD is a DP01FX provided
with an internal CDR/RW drive. This manual refers to all three models as
“DP01”, as the majority of the functions are common to all models. Any
exceptions are noted.
Chapter 3 of this manual, “DP01FX Appendix” on page 62, deals with the
features of the DP01FX and the DP01FX/CD.
Chapter 4 of this manual, “DP01FX/CD Appendix” on page 69, deals with
the features found on only the DP01FX/CD.
You only need to read Chapter 3 if you own a DP01FX; Chapter 4 if you
own a DP01FX/CD.
What’s in the box
When you unpack the box, you should find (as well as this manual):
• The unit itself (DP-01, DP-01FX, or DP-01FX/CD)
• Power adaptor
• Power cable suitable for your region
• Warranty card
If any of these items is missing, contact your TASCAM dealer or distribu
tor.
About the power adaptor
Starting out with your DP-01
adaptor and cable with any other product.
When using the DP-01, use only the power adaptor
and cable supplied with product. Do not use this power
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Starting out with your DP-01
Startup & shutdown
Read this section to understand how to power up and power down
the DP-01.
Starting up the DP-01
With the DP01’s rear panel power switch OFF, connect the power adaptor
to the DP01, the power cable to the power adaptor, and the power cable to
the power supply.
When switching the
DP-01 on and off,
we suggest that you turn down the
volume of any speakers or amplifiers connected to the unit. Also, do
not wear headphones connected to
the DP-01 when switching power
on or off. This will avoid damage to
speakers, etc. and possible damage to your hearing.
Figure 1.1: Power connections to the DP-01
Switch on the DP-01 using the rear panel switch.
The DP-01 display shows a welcome message.
The system is loaded, and the last saved song is then loaded. The
ACCESS indicator lights to show the hard disk is in use while the song
is being loaded, and the display shows the current operation.
When the ACCESS light goes off, the display shows the “home
screen”:
You can reach this
screen from most
operations by repeatedly pressing
the
EXIT
key.
Startup & shutdown
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Startup & shutdown
Shutting down the DP-01
Figure 1.2: SHUT DOWN and ACCESS
1 First, stop playback or recording.
2 Press and hold the SHUT DOWN key for about a second. The screen
shows:
3 Press ENTER to start the shut down process.
The display shows: Storing Song...
4 Once the song data is stored to hard disk, the display shows:
If you don’t shut
down the DP-01 in
the way described here, you may
lose your recordings and settings.
Always shut down the DP-01
according to these instructions.
Pressing the
key cancels the
shutdown process.
EXIT
5 You can now use the rear panel switch to turn off the DP-01.
The ACCESS light
This red indicator shows that the hard disk or the CD-RW drive is in
use. Although the DP-01 is not exactly a delicate piece of equipment, you should take care with it, as with all electronic equipment,
Starting out with your DP-01
especially when the hard disk is in operation or when it is writing to
CDs.
How to play back demo songs
Before the DP01 is shipped, demo songs are stored on its hard disk. Fol
low the procedure below to play back these demo songs.
1 Connect the LINE OUT connector on the DP-01 to the amplifier or
monitor system. To listen on headphones, insert the headphone plug
into the PHONES jack on the right of the front panel.
2 Switch on the DP-01.
When the DP-01 is started up, the display shows the home screen.
Do not move the
DP-01 or turn it off
or disconnect the power when the
ACCESS
damage to the hard disk and possible loss of data.
indicator is lit, to avoid
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Starting out with your DP-01
3 Press MENU.
The MENU screen is displayed.
4 Tu rn t h e DATA dial to move the cursor to “SONG” and press the
cursor key.
The [SONG MENU] screen is displayed.
5 Tu rn t h e DATA dial to move the cursor to “LOAD” and press the
cursor key.
The [SONG LOAD] screen is displayed.
6 Move the cursor to “DP01DEMO” and press the ENTER key.
When the demo is finished being loaded, the display returns to the
[SONG MENU] screen.
7 Press the EXIT key.
The display returns to the home screen.
8 Press the PLAY key to play back the demo songs.
Eight tracks of each demo song is available. Adjust the fader, MASTER
fader, PAN and other controls for each channel. To adjust the volume
of the headphones, use the PHONES knob on the front panel.
Startup & shutdown
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Navigation
Navigation
The DP-01 uses a menu system which allows you to make settings,
and perform many operations. This section explains how to use the
menu system and to check and make settings.
Figure 1.3: Menu controls
Press the MENU key to bring up the opening menu screen:
Use the wheel or the and keys to scroll up and down through
the list of top-level menus. Note how the : symbol changes to an
inverted triangle ( ) when the menu is highlighted.
At the bottom right of all menu screens is a symbol showing whether
there are more menus below the current list ( ), above the current list
( ), or above and below the current list ( ).
Press the cursor key to enter the selected menu. The screen below
Starting out with your DP-01
shows the
SONG menu:
Use the jog wheel or the and keys to select an action from the
menu (here the
above and below the current list):
ERASE option is selected—note that there are options
Press to enter the menu action screen. In this case, selecting
ERASE presents you with a list of songs:
To go up a level in
the menu “tree”,
press the
here may be different on your DP-
01.
EXIT
key.
The song names
and filesizes shown
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Starting out with your DP-01
Use the jog wheel (or the and keys) to move the cursor to select
the song to be erased, and then press the
In cases like this, where the DP-01 asks you a question, the ENTER key
now becomes a
YES key, and the EXIT key becomes a NO key.
Some screens allow a number of values to be filled in. In these cases,
you should use the
to set the value:
The SHIFT key
The SHIFT key modifies the behavior of a number of different keys. When
you press and hold it while pressing another key, the other key takes on the
function shown in the label shown below the key (whiteonblue for the
DP01FX and whiteongreen for the DP01 and DP01FX/CD) .
and keys to move the cursor and the wheel
ENTER key.
Titling
You can give titles to your songs, exported tracks, etc. Here’s how
you do it:
When you see a screen like the one below:
Use the jog wheel to change the letter above the underlined cursor. You
can choose from common punctuation marks, numbers, capital
(UPPERCASE) letters, and small (lowercase) letters.
Use the INSERT key to insert a blank space at the cursor position, and
use the
cursor.
SHIFTed INSERT key (DELETE) to delete the character at the
When you have finished entering the name, press ENTER. The song,
with its new name, is stored to disk.
Navigation
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Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment
Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment
Before you start recording with the DP-01, you will need to make a
few connections to other equipment. Figure 1.4 shows how you can
connect your DP-01 to your existing audio setup.
Stereo
amplifier
2-track
recorder
REC OUT/
Figure 1.4 shows a
DP-01FX model.
The appearance of the DP-01 and
DP-01FX/CD differs slightly, but the
principles are the same.
PLAY IN
Starting out with your DP-01
Drum machine
Guitars and basses
to INPUT A
MIDI IN
LINE OUTPUT
(L, R)
STEREO MIX
(L, R)
Instruments and
microphones to
INPUT A and B
RETURN
(L, R)
External effects unit
SEND
MIDI OUT
PHONES
Figure 1.4: Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment
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Microphones go here
(DP-01FX, DP-01FX/CD)
Starting out with your DP-01
Turn on ONLY for
condenser microphones
(DP-01FX, DP-01FX/CD)
To headphones (and
Input level
controls
level)
Guitars, basses
etc. go here
Synths, pre-amps etc. (&
microphones on DP-01)
go here
Select monitoring
mode (see text)
Figure 1.5: DP-01FX front panel
Microphones are connected to the front panel inputs.
Set the
the
GUITAR/LINE switches to LINE. Turn the input level controls so that
OL indicators light up only in the loudest part of the recording.
Synthesizers, etc. including drum machines, guitar amplifier simula
tors, active basses, etc. as well as CD players, cassette decks, and so on can
be connected to the front panel input jacks using standard 1/4" mono plugs
(unbalanced). When you are recording a stereo source, make sure the
INPUT MODE switch is set to STEREO (see “The INPUT MODE switch”
on page 18).
Set the GUITAR/LINE switch to LINE. Adjust the input level controls and use
the instrument’s output volume controls to adjust the level so that the
OL
indicators light up only during the very loudest passages.
Guitars and basses (passive types) are connected to the front panel
A using a standard 1/4" mono plug (unbalanced).
input
Set the GUITAR/LINE switch to GUITAR. Turn the input level control until the
OL indicators barely light on the loudest passages.
Headphones Plug a pair of standard headphones into the 1/4" stereo
jack on the front panel.
Adjust the volume with the level control to the right of the jack.
Footswitch You can connect a standard “punchin” footswitch, such as
the TASCAM RC30P to the front panel
Use the switch to punch in and out (that is, start and stop recording on the
fly).
PUNCH jack.
To
footswitch
The DP-01FX and
DP-01FX/CD
include phantom-powered XLR
microphone input connectors. See
“DP-01FX Appendix” on page 62
for details of using these connectors.
NEVER plug the
speaker outputs of
a guitar amplifier into the DP-01.
Use the built-in
tuner (on the DP01FX and DP-01FX/CD) to tune the
guitar or bass (see “Tuning a guitar”
on page 62).
Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment
The footswitch is
useful if both hands
are busy playing a guitar, for example.
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Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment
The INPUT MODE switch
You will use this switch when you are recording from input A and
input B at the same time.
This front panel switch affects the way that you monitor the input signals,
both through the headphones and/or through the
LINE OUTPUT jacks. There
are two positions:
MONO x 2—The signals from input A and input B are both sent to the
center of the monitoring “stage”.
STEREO—The signal from input A is sent to the left, and the signal
from input
stereo pair for use when you are recording stereo instruments such as
synthesizers, etc.
Power input and
switch
B is sent to the right of the monitoring “stage” forming a
To MIDI sequencer,
drum machine, etc.
From stereo effects
unit outputs
To effects
To digital
unit
recorder, etc.
To analog recorder,
monitoring system,
etc.
INPUT MODE
not affect the
recording at all—just the monitoring
process.
In the
mode, the A and
input signals are added together in
the center, and you may hear distortion in the monitoring system
This does not affect the recording,
though.
does
MONO X 2
B
From submixer/MIDI tone
generator, etc.
Figure 1.6: Rear panel connections
Monitoring and recording Use the rear panel LINE OUTPUT RCA
jacks to connect the DP01 to your monitoring system (that is, an amplifier/
speaker setup). When you’re ready to make your final stereo master, you
Starting out with your DP-01
can use these jacks to connect to an analog recorder.
A typical setup would connect these jacks to the AUX IN of a stereo sys
tem.
Use the stereo system’s selector switch to listen to the AUX source when
tracking, bouncing or mastering on the DP01.
When you have mastered the stereo track and you want to record it, set the
stereo monitoring system so that the recorder is set to record from the AUX
source. Now you are monitoring (or listening) through your stereo system.
Effect processor When you want to use an external effect processor
with the DP01, connect the rear panel
input of the processor (1/4” unbalanced jack).
Connect the stereo outputs of the processor to the two
DP01 (1/4" unbalanced jacks).
SEND of the DP01 to the mono
RETURN jacks of the
“Tracking” means
recording tracks on
the DP-01. “Mastering” means taking these recording tracks and mixing them down to stereo.
The DP-01FX and
DP-01FX/CD their
own internal reverb processors.
However, you can also use an
external effect processor if you prefer.
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Starting out with your DP-01
External stereo input The DP01 has two 1/4" mono unbalanced
jacks on the rear panel marked
These can be used to connect an external stereo submixer, synthesizer,
drum machine, CD player, etc.
This stereo signal is routed to the analog
be recorded on the DP01, nor can you adjust the signal level using the DP
01.
Digital output Use a standard optical digital cable to connect this (rear
panel, close to the power switch) to a suitable digital stereo input of a mon
itoring system, or stereo recorder.
The signals sent from this are the same as those sent from the
jacks (although the
STEREO MIX signals are not output through the digital
output).
MIDI output Use this (rear panel) to connect a sequencer, drum machine,
etc. which can be started, stopped and synchronized with the DP01. See
“Working with MIDI” on page 38 for details.
STEREO MIX.
LINE OUTPUT jacks. They cannot
LINE OUTPUT
You can connect a
digital recorder
(CD, MD) using the digital connection, while using the
jacks for monitoring.
LINE OUTPUT
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Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment
Managing your songs
Managing your songs
This section shows you how to create a new song, as well as basic
song management, such as renaming, deleting, copying, etc. For
more details on disk management, and the other song management
features of the DP-01, see “Disk management” on page 40 and
“Advanced song management” on page 42.
Creating a new song
1 Press the MENU key, use the jog wheel to highlight the SONG menu, and
press the
2 If the CREATE option is not highlighted, use the jog wheel to highlight
it and press the
key.
key.
Any recording made
on the DP-01 is
referred to as a "song", even though
it may only consist of instrumental
tracks or spoken word.
3 Enter a title as described in “Titling” on page 15.
4 Press ENTER to create the song. The current song is stored even
though the new song has not yet been created.
Storing songs
Since the DP-01 does not automatically save the audio you record
as part of a song, you should get into the habit of performing fre-
Starting out with your DP-01
quent manual saves, and always shutting down the DP-01 properly
(“Shutting down the DP-01” on page 12) to store all data.
1 Press the MENU key, use the jog wheel to highlight the SONG menu
item, and press the
key.
2 Highlight the SAVE option and press the key:
You can re-title a
song by pressing
the
SHIFT
ed
MENU
key to edit the
title of the currently-loaded song.
A “song” is not just
the audio files you
record—it also includes editing, settings, etc.
3 Rename the file if you want to save it as another name and press
ENTER, or simply press ENTER to save the file to disk.
The screen shows a message (
Saving Song) as the song is saved.
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Starting out with your DP-01
Reverting to last version The REVERT action (which follows the SAVE
action in the
When you select the REVERT action, the title of the song is shown. Press
ENTER to go back to the last saved version, or EXIT to keep the current
song as it is.
Loading a saved song
Of course, saving songs is no use unless you can load them again.
This is how you do it.
1 Press the MENU key, use the jog wheel to highlight the SONG menu
item, and press the
2 Highlight the LOAD action, and press the key:
SONG menu) allows you to undo all changes since the last save.
key.
3 Use the jog wheel to move the cursor to the song to be loaded and
press
ENTER. If the ← symbol appears next to the song, then that song
is currently loaded.
The current song is saved, and the selected song is loaded.
Erasing a song
If your disk is getting full, or you really don’t need a song any more,
you can erase it.
1 From the SONG menu, select the ERASE action:
2 Highlight a song and press ENTER.
3 You are asked if you want to erase the song (Are you sure?).
Press
ENTER to erase the song, or EXIT to cancel the operation.
If you erase the current song, the first song in the list is automatically
loaded.
Erase a song only if
you are certain you
don’t need it any more
undo this operation! However, you
can use a USB connection to back
up songs to a PC before you erase
them.
–
you can’t
Managing your songs
TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 21
Managing your songs
Erasing many songs at one time
You may want to select a number of songs for erasing.
Use the jog wheel to scroll up and down through the list of songs.
Select a song for erasing using the INSERT key. A check mark (✔)
appears by the song title.
De-select a song by using the SHIFTed INSERT (DELETE) key. The
check mark disappears.
Press ENTER when you have selected all the songs to be erased. You are
asked if you are sure. Press
the process without erasing them.
You can erase all the songs shown, and a new song is automatically created. There is always at least one song on partition.
Song information
You can view the title, working partition, and amount of time left for
recording from the “home screen”.
From the home screen, press and hold the EXIT key. While you hold
down the
EXIT key, the display shows:
ENTER again to erase them, or EXIT to exit
You can also use
this method to perform other operations, such as
copying.
For more informa-
tion about partitions, see “Disk management” on
page 40.
The current partition (
on the partition for recording (
Part), song title (Song) and amount of time left
RecRem) in minutes.
Additional song operations
Further song operations are described in “Advanced song management” on page 42.
Starting out with your DP-01
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Starting out with your DP-01
Assigning inputs
When we talk about “assigning” inputs, we are talking about routing
the signals from the two inputs to the tracks.
You can record on up to two tracks at a time. This means that the
same input can be assigned to two tracks at the same time (but you
can’t then use the other input) or the two inputs can be assigned to
different tracks. You can’t assign both inputs to the same track at the
same time.
Press and hold
one of the
ASSIGN keys
Figure 1.7: Assigning inputs to tracks
And then press
one of the 8
REC keys
Press and hold the ASSIGN key corresponding to the input signal you
are assigning (
A or B).
While holding down the ASSIGN key, press the REC key of the track to
which you are assigning the input.
The
REC key flashes rapidly.
If you want to assign the input to another track, you must first clear
the current assignment (see below), and then re-assign the input.
Note that the
input flashes when you hold down the
Clearing an assignment Hold down the ASSIGN key to check current
assignments, then while holding the
ments by pressing a flashing
REC key of the first track to which you assigned the
ASSIGN key.
ASSIGN key, clear current assign-
REC key (which then stops flashing).
Press and hold
SHIFT
and either of
the
ASSIGN
the inputs on or off as shown by the
indicator. You may want to turn off
unused inputs to reduce noise.
keys (A or B) to turn
Assigning inputs
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Recording
Recording
When you’ve connected a source, and assigned the input s to tracks,
you’re ready to start recording.
Figure 1.8: Recording tracks
1 Press the REC key of the track(s) you’re going to record on, which start
to flash slowly (this process is called “arming the track(s)”.
The DP-01FX and
DP-01FX/CD contain internal input effects processors (
Appendix” on page 62 for details.
MULTI
). See “DP-01FX
2 Press and hold the RECORD key and press the PLAY key.
The
RECORD key indicator lights red, and the PLAY indicator lights
green. The track
REC indicators stop flashing and light steadily.
3 Press STOP when you’ve finished recording.
4 To return to the place where you started recording, press and hold
down the
tion) key.
To return to the zero point, press and hold down the
press the
5 Press PLA Y to start playback of the recorded tracks.
Starting out with your DP-01
Use the track fader(s) and the red MASTER fader to adjust the level of
what you hear.
The pan controls position the track in the stereo “image” you hear in
the left and right speakers (or headphones). The center position is
marked by a “click” when you turn the knob.
The EQ HIGH and EQ LOW equalization controls work in a similar way
to the bass and treble tone controls on a stereo system. The center
“click” position of the knob means there’s no cut or boost for that control.
STOP key, and press the F FWD (LRP =Last Recording Posi-
STOP key and
REW (RTZ = Return To Zero) key.
You can re-record the track if you’re not happy with it by going back to
the original point and repeating the process.
The faders and
other mixer controls
adjust the output level of the
recorded when playing back
recorded tracks.
You can change the
EQ control point of
the high and low equalization controls. See “EQ settings” on page 31
for details.
When you’re happy with your recording, you can un-arm the track(s)
(“safe” them) and arm and record on other tracks. Remember to re-
assign the inputs as well as arming the tracks.
Press the REW or F FWD keys for a short while and then release them
to move backwards or forwards through your recording (like a tape
recorder). Press and hold these keys to increase the rewind or fast forward speed. Press
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STOP to stop (again, like a tape recorder).
Starting out with your DP-01
More advanced features
The DP-01 has many advanced features which you may want to use
later on. Though we don't want to go into all of them now, you should
be aware of a few of them now.
Using marks to locate positions
Although “Recording” on page 24 shows you some ways of moving
around in your song, the DP-01 provides you with ways to jump
around the song using location marks, as well as locating to locate
directly to a position you set.
See “Location” on page 28 for details of how to set and use these loca-
tion marks.
Punch recording
When we talk about “punch recording”, we mean going from play
mode into record mode without stopping the song (“punching in”) as
well as going from recording to playback without stopping the song
(“punching out”).
The DP01 provides three ways to perform punching:
When at least one track is armed (the REC key is flashing), and a song
is being played back, press the
When recording, press the
RECORD transport key to punch in.
PLAY key to stop recording (punch out).
If you have a footswitch connected to the PUNCH jack, you can press
the footswitch to change between playback and recording, as long as at
least one track is armed for recording.
You can automate the punch process by setting in and out points. This
is described in “IN and OUT marks” on page 29 and also in “Punching” on page 32.
Bouncing
The DP-01 provides eight tracks for recording. But what happens if
you want to record more than eight instruments?
You can take existing tracks, mix them, and record them to unused tracks,
freeing up the tracks you just mixed for recording additional tracks. See
“Bouncing” on page 34 for full details.
Track editing
Because the DP-01 is a hard disk recorder, not a tape recorder,
there are many options available to you which would be extremely
difficult, or even impossible, with a tape-based recording system.
See “About track editing” on page 50 for details of copy, cut, and paste, etc.
operations that you can perform on the DP01.
Recording
Undoing operations
Just like on many computer systems, you can undo many operations (including recording, if you record over something you
shouldn’t have done).
See the full explanation of how to use the
“Undoing operations” on page 54.
UNDO and REDO functions in
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Mixdown and mastering
Mixdown and mastering
This is the last stage in creating a song, allowing you to create a file
which you can play back into a stereo recorder, and export to a WAV
file for further processing, archiving, recording, etc. on a personal
computer (“Exporting the mastered stereo tracks” on page 49).
Mixdown This is the art of mixing the different tracks you have recorded
earlier so that the whole song sounds “right”—everything is at the right
volume, and the song sounds like one piece of music.
There are no real rules to mixing, except that if you like the mix, and other
people like it, it’s probably a good mix.
Use the eight track faders to adjust the relative volume of the tracks
and the red
and R meters at the right of the display to make sure that the mix is not
too loud (if it’s too loud, it will distort, and sound bad).
Use the EQ HIGH and EQ LOW (tone) controls to boost or cut bass and
treble from the individual tracks.
If you have an external effect processor connected through the SEND
and RETURN loop, adjust the EFFECT SEND levels for each track. This
is the amount of signal sent from each track to the effect. You can use
this to add effects only to certain tracks. Use the
trol to adjust the amount of the effect returned to the mix.
MASTER fader to adjust the overall level, and watch the L
EFFECT RETURN con-
The most important
components of a
mix are your ears—if you think it
sounds good, then it is.
You don’t have to
keep levels the
same through the whole song (try
raising the level of a guitar during
solos, for example).
On the DP-01FX
and DP-01FX/CD,
you can use the internal reverb unit
instead of an external effect processor (“Reverb” on page 68).
Use the PAN controls to adjust the left-right position of each track in
the stereo mix.
To cut out the sound of a track, use the SHIFT key and the track’s REC
key to mute (the orange MUTE indicator lights for muted tracks) and
un-mute the track.
Starting out with your DP-01
If you have two
tracks with different versions of the same part, you
can use the mute function to make
easy comparisons between the
two.
The track meters
show the level of
the signal recorded on the track,
not the level sent from the track.
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Starting out with your DP-01
Mastering
This is where the actual stereo recording takes place, once you’re
happy with the mix you’ve created. You create a mixed master stereo track, starting at 00:00:00:00 (the “zero point”) and continuing to
the OUT point.
The mixed stereo master is stored on disk as part of the song.
Before starting the mastering procedure, you must set the OUT point.
This is where the mastering process stops. See “IN and OUT marks”
on page 29 for details.
1 Press the MASTER key so that it flashes.
2 Press and hold the RECORD key and press the PLAY key. Recording
starts on the stereo master tracks (
Make the mix moves (faders, pan, etc.) that you practiced earlier.
These mix moves will affect the sound of the final master stereo track.
When the playback point reaches the OUT point, recording stops.
3 Press the MASTER key so that it is lit steadily. Now when you press
PLAY, you can hear the master stereo mix you have just created. This
mix is output through the analog and digital outputs, and you can
record it on a stereo recorder.
4 If you are happy with the mix, you can then exit the mastering mode
by pressing the
If you want to do the mix again, press the MASTER key until it flashes,
and re-record. The new mix will overwrite your previous mix.
MASTER key until it is unlit.
If a song has had a master stereo mix recorded and saved with it, you
can play back this master stereo mix whenever the song is loaded, by
pressing the
MASTER key until it is lit steadily and then pressing PLAY.
To add the STEREO MIX inputs (through the analog outputs only), you
can play back the stereo master mix. Any MIDI synchronization, etc.
is output as the stereo master mix is played back so that the output
from a sequencer, etc. can be added to the analog outputs, and
recorded on a stereo recorder (cassette, CD, MD or computer audio
program).
RECORD and PLAY are lit).
While the DP-01 is
in the mastering
mode, you will notice that a number
of playback. functions are not available. If you try to perform these
operations, a popup message tells
you that you are in mastering
mode.
You can hear any
signals received at
the
STEREO MIX
won’t be recorded on the master
track.
steadily, you cannot use the mixer
controls, except for the
fader.
01 as a file, you can transfer it via
USB to a computer (see “Exporting
the mastered stereo tracks” on
page 49).
inputs, but they
Note that while the
MASTER
If you want to save
a mix from the DP-
key is lit
MASTER
The stereo master mix can be “cloned” to a pair of stereo tracks (see
“CLONE TRACK” on page 54).
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Mixdown and mastering
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